Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-13
State AFFAIRS.
The Bill to Validate Titles to Lands
Sold at Tax Sales Passed to En-
grossment in the House.
Billie Establish an Orphan Asylum En-.
crossed la Size Senste-The Text
Book Bill Discussed.
EhC BIZ 20 mend the Inquest Law Passes
Its Third Reading IN the senate.
Committee DOiDgs.
TITLE TO LANDS SOLD At TAX SALES.

TITLE TO LANDS SOLD At TAX SALES.
Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX March I2.-Tne DILL 20
validate the title to lands sold st tax
sales came up in the House this morning.
One Of the main features Of this bill pro-
vldeS that the collector of taxes, when
there is not 8 suficiancy Of personal
property to satisfy taxes due by any per
SOD, shall file his delinquent list with the
county Judge Of his county, requiring
the judge To issue notices TO dellnquents
Oh the sherif's list, giving brief of the
abstract number, original grantee, num-
| Der of acres, amount of taxes and the
| time when he will hear the claim of the
| Collector of taxes against such
delinquent; the judge to Issue process for
witnesses applied for by the collector TO
! ascertain the true description of said
| land, Or other facts establishing the claim
Of the collector, and after twenty days
from the issuance of the notice he shall
| proceed to hear the claim of the coll Ctor
and the defense of the delinquents, and
make all necessary corrections In the tax
EOlls. Upon these corrected r. lis the
| collector shall proceed to sell and give q
deed containing all the necessary descrip-
ton, survey, location and metes and
! bounds. This deed shall convey 20 the
purchaser Q good and valid title to the
! lands, only subject to redemption IS pro
! Yided under the old law.
! After being discussed and amended by
| striking out an GnimpOrtanJ clause the
| Dill was engrUSSed.
| 4 STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM
| The bill to establish an orphan ASYLUM
! was taken up and engrOssed in the Sznate
| this m rDir <. This Dill provides for the
| maintenance OF such INDECENT orphans
end other children as have no means for
| maintenance. After the selection f
! site and instruments of conveyance have
| been perfected, the Governor is re-
! quiTed TO appoint board OF managers to
| be regulated by similar laws governing
! other ayslums. After children have once
| become inmates they cannot DC removed
! except under such lawful rules as the
board of managers shall prescribe The
| sum of $4,000 in addition to the available
! funds OF the asylum shall be approprf-
| ated to purchase suitable property to
/ contain not less than ff acres for q
site; also the sum of $500 is appropri-
ated to supply utensils, furniture and
| supplies.
| TO EXEMPT MANUFACTURERS FROM TAX
ALTON.
| The Senate took up the Joint resolu-
! ton to exempt manufactures established
within the state with q capital of not less
| than $50 coo, aud it was Gngrossed. This
| resolution proposes an amendment to the
constitution TO encourage manufactures
erected within the state by exemptIng all
| their buildings, structures, utensils, ma
chinery and as much as forty acres of
| land and all material in its raw state from
| taxation, provided that they procure s
charter from the Secretary of State, ap-
| proved by the Governor, and provided
| further that the exemption shall not ex-
| tend beyond the year 1901.
TO VALIDATE THE ACTS OF THE LAND
BOARD.
This measure came up for cOnsiderS-
| ton in the House at Its morning session.
| The main objects Of the bill were to vail
| date the sales of land purchased by &C
tual settlers, and to remove clouds on
! the titles. The bill met with some OppO-
siticn on the ground that it was not spe-
citic enough, and proposed to validate
! the acts of the land board generally, which
might develop her after wrongs that
| could not be corrected, by reason of the
| provisions of this bill. Several amend
ments were adopted, and the bill WAS sus-
| pended TO give precedence 70 business
under special order.
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS.
The bIlt met with q strong opposition
| in the Senate this morning on the ground
| no 1i,fvy bo - oI,
| cation and tend to form one line of
| thought 10 the rising generation which in
| time would reduce everything to rule
The advocates of the bill claimed that
| Texas pays more for her school books
than any other state, advancing as rea-
| son for this that eacu teacher acted as an
| agent for some publishing house This
| brought about an extra expense and great
confusion as any new teacher insisted on
| pupils procuring his particular line of
| books.
| JURY OF INQUEST DISPENSED WITH.
| a bill To amend the inquest law was
taken up ct the ev. ming session OF the
| Senate and passed to It's third reading.
The only change this bill makes in the
| old law IS that it strikes out the clause
! requiring jury TO be summoned, and
makes it the duty Of the justice or coz
oner alOne TO view dead body, take all
tn evidence, reduce it TO writing and
| seal the same and deliver it to the clerk
as required under the old law.
LOCAL BILLS.
Almost all the bills introduced and
considered in both houses during the
afternoon sessions were of a local nature
save the property exemption bill, passed
! by the House and under consideration
IN the Senate, which oCcasioned some
discussion on It's second reading.
THE WILLIS CASE.
The witnesses sent for OF the Senate
| special committee In the Judge Willis
investigation ere arriving from the Pan
handle, and it is probable the eXamina-
ton will begin Monday.
CHARTERED.
The Peoples BuIIiDg and Savings AS
ISOLATION of Waco filed a charter in tue
Secretary of States office today, cap
ital stock 100000; incorporators. w.
A. Lacey, Frank Heirer, ". B Nor
risop, j. w. Castles, L 2. Black, John T.
Hornsfull, o. f. Halbert, H. Behrens and
| S. T. Mallory.
| Also the North Texas Conference
Brotherhood of Dallas and the Dallas
| CUB.
LETTER FROM WISE COUNTY.
Tie Governor received letter to-day
| from Wise county relative to the dTOuth
relief fund distributed in that county
The letter was signed by Mr.. Barksdale,
| and sisted that he had distributed TO
about 400 persons, and had applications
| from about 200 more, bpt was giving pre-
! ference to the widows and ornhaus This